Kenneth E Hendrickson III

Kenneth E Hendrickson III is a Professor of History and Dean of Graduate Studies at Sam Houston State University. He joined the faculty in 1994 and has served in administrative roles since 2013. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Iowa (1993), an MA (1988) and BA (1987) in History from Texas A&M University.

His research focuses on Victorian-era British society, Anglicanism, Darwinism’s societal impact, and the Industrial Revolution’s redefinition of human progress narratives. He explores connections between Darwinian thought and biophilic revolutions challenging Enlightenment-era humanist frameworks. His work integrates religious fervor, imperial dynamics, and scientific developments to reinterpret historical progress narratives.

Publications include The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History (2014), A Historical Dictionary of the Darwin Controversies (2005), and Making Saints (1998). He co-authored a chapter in Twentieth Century Texas (2008) analyzing Texas’s economic evolution.

Teaching spans undergraduate courses like British Empire history and graduate seminars on Darwin and Victorian society. His interdisciplinary approach bridges history of science, religious studies, and socio-economic analysis.